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👇 Here are the highlights from last week at Farnborough International! See you at the next event! 👋 Leonardo Cyber & Security #FIA2024 #cybersecurity #cyberresilience #LeonardoCYS

Read about the Larger Bins solutions and Light Up a Life project on Airbus' participation in the FIDAE Airshow, among other topics! Check it out here https://lnkd.in/diieeHV8

*£39.3bn in deals done on day 1 of Farnborough Airshow, according to ADS Group* GBP39.3bn (USD51bn) of deals on Day One at Farnborough International Airshow This includes 163 Firm #Aircraft orders worth GBP4.6bn to the #UK. GBP39.3bn figure also includes 28 firm engine orders and further 114 optional aircraft and engine commitments made and likely some service agreement commitments too. Farnborough International Airshow (22 July 2024) – Deals worth GBP39.3bn (USD51bn) were announced during day one of the Farnborough International Airshow, taking place this week in #Hampshire. These include 163 Firm aircraft orders that are worth GBP4.6bn to the UK. The figures are shared by ADS Group, which encompasses trade association ADS and event organisers Farnborough International. The apex of aviation for the entire #aerospace industrial cycle The GBP39.3bn announced during day one of the five-day biennial event also includes 28 firm #engine orders. The day one deal total further highlights 114 optional aircraft and engine commitments made, with further service agreements included, too. Kevin Craven, CEO at ADS and Chair of Farnborough International said: “The significance and convening power of Farnborough International Airshow makes today’s announcements both unsurprising, and very welcome. Our aerospace industry remains buoyant and resilient in spite of challenges in regulatory frameworks, the supply chain and the workforce. “The UK is home to innovative, ambitious, and world-renowned advanced manufacturing businesses both large and small, and we are rightly celebrating their impact at the home of #BritishAviation “Our aerospace sector delivers £10.9 billion in value to the UK economy, and in 2023, UK aerospace exports totalled £20bn. It is our partnership with our international counterparts that truly makes the UK home to an open, ambitious and innovative industry.” #FIA2024 #AirShow #ExhibitorsTV

Read about the Light Up a Life project on Airbus' participation in the FIDAE Airshow, among other topics! Check it out here https://lnkd.in/d5qaEWCP

Many are not aware that Air France's first few Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde aircraft were delivered in the airline's pre-1976 livery. Variations of this earlier color scheme had been used for decades by the French flag carrier. It was replaced by what could legitimately be called the very first "Euro-white" look. This is the design the company still uses, in slightly modified form, today. F-BTSC is seen here in the old livery, having been photographed in early 1976 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. Sadly is was -BTSC which became the first, and only, Concorde to be involved in a fatal crash (in the year 2000 on departure from this very airport). After a long grounding for safety modifications the Anglo-French supersonic transports were returned to service with Air France and British Airways in 2001. The type was then permanently grounded in 2003 due largely to continuing very low load factors during the worldwide air traffic downturn in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington D.C. Interested in legendary Pan Am? Check out my new Tuesday and Friday posts for the Pan Am Historical Foundation at: https://lnkd.in/eJ_ES-RF. My latest post-link: Boeing 747-121 N748PA "Clipper Crest of the Wave" (originally "Hornet") at Chicago O'Hare Airport. Would you be willing to contribute to help me continue creating these free daily educational airline-history posts (over 1,350 since 2017, and counting)? If so please go to: https://lnkd.in/ebnx6r7U. Any size gift is much appreciated and can be anonymous if you prefer. #aviation #aviationhistory #aircraft #airplanes #airlines #airlinehistory #airlinesandairplanes #civilaviation #aerospatiale #britishaircraftcorporation #bac #concorde #airfrance #airfranceklm #charlesdegaulleairport #cdg (Please note there is no trade connection between The Commercial Aviation History Consultancy and the owner of the webpage, and associated image, to which this photo-link will take you.) Airliners.net link, Photo by Jean-François Denis

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Did anybody manage to get over to Southport for the airshow this weekend? Anybody going to Farnborough? What about RIAT? Our CEO Jerrod Hartley has featured in the Aerospace Magazine Farnborough Edition, and it's well worth a read if you have a bit of time, and although he won't be in personal attendance at Farnborough, he will be down in Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT 2024) at the end of the week. https://lnkd.in/ek-UQhJK An airshow is a great opportunity to stand back and appreciate why we do what we do. Seeing these great machines in action is impressive, but also an opportunity for reflection. It wasn't really that long ago since Wilbur and Orville Wright created the first successful heavier than air flying machine, the Wright Flyer, in 1903, where it achieved a powered flight of 59 seconds covering a distance of 259 metres. It's incredible how far we've come in a relatively short space of time, with modern aircraft with incredible safety and performance profiles. Take the Eurofighter Typhoon for example, which entered service way back in 2003, with some mightily impressive stats: Top speed - Mach 2.0 (approx. 1,550 mph) Ceiling - 55,000 feet Climb Rate - 0 to 36,000 feet in under 90 seconds Acceleration - subsonic to Mach 1.5 in under 30 seconds Thrust - 40,000 lb (equivalent to the weight of over 13 VW Golfs) So, here's to all the hard work, dedication, creative thinking, and human ingenuity that have driven our progress over the past several hundred years. Let's also toast to the future, where we will continue to push boundaries and overcome new challenges with the same dedication and vigour. While the challenges of the future may differ from those of the past, our approach remains steadfast and committed to innovation and excellence. What's your favourite aircraft and why?

But advanced manufacturing doesn’t matter now that we are a “services superpower” according to Resolution Foundation’s Torsten Bell, now a government MP and potential influencer. The reality is that this thesis overlooks the fact that the distinction between manufacturing and services has long been blurred. AESSEAL one of our most innovative advanced manufacturing companies has for decades regarded itself as a service industry, as have its customers; likewise Rolls-Royce was an early pioneer of “servitisation” many decades ago (power by the hour). Rather than make a fetish of these sectors perhaps we would do better to identify high growth, high value added businesses and adapt policy to accelerate their growth and market share. Defence, space, aerospace and energy are where the real growth is, especially in places like South Yorkshire: not services. The one big area of “service” growth is in financial services, which has had a deeply damaging effect on the wider economy over the last two decades as global “financialisation” creates waves of market uncertainty and volatility as exampled by the 2008 GFC and the Euro Crisis the following year: events that have seriously impeded productivity led growth. The challenge for manufacturing is not the lack of an “industrial strategy” or an “industrial strategy council “ but the corrupting power and influence the global financial system exerts over elected governments in the western world — particularly the US and the UK as Rana Foroohar and Mariana Mazzucato have so brilliantly chronicled. For those folk championing an industrial strategy and an independent council, they might do well to recall that the government appointed head of the UK’s Industrial Strategy Council before its demise was none other than Andy Haldane, a master of the universe and former chief economist at the Bank of England. Alongside Andy, the overwhelming majority of his fellow members were from the big “service” and “tech” providers, with just one lone SME manufacturing voice. When Booster Boris scuttled the Industrial Strategy and its Council everyone went down with the ship; mercifully few manufacturers were casualties however as they had not been invited on board when Theresa “strong and stable” May toasted its launch. Lesson. Be careful what you wish for.